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Posted By: Matthew E Legion trivia puzzle - 01/23/09 05:37 PM
This is a one-shot.

Listed are ten 30th/31st century organizations, and ten Legion characters. The puzzle is to match the characters with an organization that they belong to.

Here's what makes it hard: the characters might have belonged to more than one group at different times in Legion comics history, but you can only use each group once. If I designed it right, there's only one combination that will work.

Maybe everybody could put their answers in spoilers so that if one person gets it the next one can still try.

The characters:

Blok
Colossal Boy/Leviathan
Dawnstar
Evolvo/Evolvo Lad
Insect Queen
Lightning Lad/Live Wire
Mon-El/Valor/M'Onel
Repulse
Silver Slasher
Star Boy

The ten teams:

Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Substitute Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes, reserve membership
Legion Academy
Legion of Super-Villains
League of Super-Assassins
Heroes of Lallor
McCauley's Workforce
Uncanny Amazers
Oversight Watch

I tried to make it tough but I think it came out a little easier than I wanted. See what you think.
Posted By: Kent Shakespeare Re: Legion trivia puzzle - 01/23/09 06:02 PM
<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">Star Boy is the only Sub, leaving IQ as the only Amazer. That leaves Garth as the only reservist (unless one counts resigned members as reserves), so that part is easy.

Evolvo is the only Lallorian, also, so that leaves Repulse as the only Workfoece member, which in turn leaves Lar as the only one to fill the Oversight Watch.

The remaining categories have too much overlap, as far as I can see:
If Silver Slasher counts as LSV, then Blok counts as LSA, and Gim and Dawny are interchangeable between Academy and LSH.
If Silver slasher counts as LSA, then Gim counts as LSV, Dawny as Academy and Blok as LSH.

Option one:

Legion of Super-Heroes: Dawnstar OR Colossal Boy
Legion of Substitute Heroes: Star Boy
Legion of Super-Heroes, reserve membership: Lightning Lad
Legion Academy: Colossal Boy OR Dawnstar
Legion of Super-Villains: Silver Slasher
League of Super-Assassins: Blok
Heroes of Lallor: Evolvo/Evolvo Lad
McCauley's Workforce: Repulse
Uncanny Amazers: Insect Queen
Oversight Watch: Mon-El/Valor/M'Onel

Option two:

Legion of Super-Heroes: Blok
Legion of Substitute Heroes: Star Boy
Legion of Super-Heroes, reserve membership: Lightning Lad
Legion Academy: Dawnstar
Legion of Super-Villains: Colossal Boy
League of Super-Assassins: Silver Slasher
Heroes of Lallor: Evolvo/Evolvo Lad
McCauley's Workforce: Repulse
Uncanny Amazers: Insect Queen
Oversight Watch: Mon-El/Valor/M'Onel</span></span>
Posted By: Matthew E Re: Legion trivia puzzle - 01/23/09 06:10 PM
I'm going to put my response in spoilers. In case anyone wants to try the puzzle, could you go back and put your answer in spoilers too?

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">The answer I had in mind was the first one, with Colossal Boy as the LSHer. I don't count him as a member of the LSV, and if he was ever a member of the Academy I missed it.</span></span>
Posted By: Kent Shakespeare Re: Legion trivia puzzle - 01/23/09 06:21 PM
<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">Gim was kicked down to the academy in "The Collosal Failure," prior to being coerced into joining Tarik's school for SVs.</span></span>
Posted By: Kent Shakespeare Re: Legion trivia puzzle - 01/23/09 06:23 PM
great puzzle, BTW! I'd love to see more of these as one-shots.
Posted By: Matthew E Re: Legion trivia puzzle - 01/23/09 06:32 PM
Thanks. I do have another one in mind, but I don't know when I'll put it together. (Could be as early as today, if I get in the mood and have time.)
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